Findings. If the hearing committee or hearing examiner finds that the respondent has engaged
in discrimination, the hearing committee or hearing examiner shall make written findings
of fact and conclusions of law, and shall issue an order directing the respondent
to cease and desist from the discriminatory act or practice found to exist, and to
take such other affirmative action as in the judgment of the hearing committee will
effectuate the purposes of this title. Such order shall be a final decision for purposes
of appeal or enforcement. The hearing committee or hearing examiner shall order any
respondent found to be in violation of any provision of section 139.40 to pay a civil penalty to the City of Minneapolis. This penalty is in addition to
compensatory and punitive damages to be paid to an aggrieved party. The hearing committee
or hearing examiner shall determine the amount of the civil penalty to be paid, taking
into account the seriousness and extent of the violation, the public harm occasioned
by the violation, whether the violation was intentional, the cost of investigation
incurred by the City of Minneapolis, and the financial resources of the respondent.
Any penalties imposed under this provision shall be paid into the general fund of
the city. In all cases, the hearing committee or hearing examiner may order the respondent
to pay an aggrieved party, who has suffered discrimination, compensatory damages in
an amount up to three (3) times the actual damages sustained. In all cases, the hearing
committee or hearing examiner may also order the respondent to pay an aggrieved party,
who has suffered discrimination, damages for mental anguish or suffering and reasonable
attorneys fees in addition to punitive damages in an amount not more than twenty-five